Torgamba

Like Bina, Torgamba, a 26-year-old male rhino, was rescued by the Sumatran Rhino Trust after the forests in Riau province where he lived were largely cleared to make way for logging concessions and palm oil plantations, leaving Torgamba and other rhinos stranded without enough habitat in which to browse for food. Torgamba was the first displaced rhino to become part of a joint program between the Indonesian government and international zoos and non-profits to research and breed Sumatran rhinos in captivity in order to help ensure the survival of the species in the wild. After an 11-year stay at the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in England, Torgamba was transferred back home to the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in 1998. Although he had learned to eat apples, grapes and other foods during his time in England, at the sanctuary, Torgamba soon became accustomed to browsing for more traditional rhino fare. Like Sumatran rhinos in the wild, he spends most of the day feeding on the twigs and leaves of small trees and shrubs growing in the forest understory.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• sumatran
• rhino
• international
• foundation
• indonesia
• conservation

[Ainurah]

Wow, what a beauty Torgamba is. =D

[missusjollyrancher]

he's so cute

I miss him so much

[zoospuds]

Good to see him still alive and so well !